For more than 45 years, The Trust for Public Land has worked with cities to help make vulnerable communities more equitable, livable, and resilient to the effects of climate change. Through our Climate-Smart Cities program, we partner with city leaders and residents to design, fund, and build climate-smart parks and green spaces where they're needed most.

We help cities use parks and natural lands as “green infrastructure” serving four objectives:

Connect: Trails and transit lines provide carbon-free transportation and link residents to popular destinations and each other.

Climate-Smart Cities in action

We're partnered with residents and civic leaders in more than 20 municipalities, increasing local capacity to plan, fund, protect, and create parks and open space featuring climate-smart green infrastructure.

In New York City, we're turning asphalt schoolyards into fun and vibrant green playgrounds for the whole neighborhood to enjoy.

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Working from more than 30 offices nationwide, The Trust for Public Land helps communities raise funds, conduct research and planning, acquire and protect land, and design and renovate parks, playgrounds, trails, and gardens.